2011 Iowa Corn Indy 250

Race 9 of 17

Iowa
250 laps
Time of race: 1:53:00.1074
Average speed of winner: 118.671 mph
Margin of victory: 0.7932 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 72 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Tagliani 177.853
Lap leaders: Sato 1-7, Franchitti 8-156, Andretti 157-160, Franchitti 161-183, Hildebrand 184-187, Andretti 188-202, Kanaan 203-207, Andretti 208-211, Kanaan 212-231, Andretti 232-250

Race notes: First pole for Takuma Sato. Dario Franchitti took the points lead from Will Power.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	Marco Andretti	26	Team Venom Energy	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	178.165	250	4	42	running	35000	50
2	3	Tony Kanaan	82	GEICO - KV Racing Technology - Lotus	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	179.833	250	2	25	running	25000	40
3	23	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	175.784	250	0	0	running	20000	35
4	4	J.R. Hildebrand	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	179.569	250	1	4	running	15000	32
5	6	Dario Franchitti	10	Suave	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	179.474	250	2	172	running	10000	32
6	10	Ryan Briscoe	6	PPG Automotive Refinishes Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	178.771	250	0	0	running	0	28
7	13	Hélio Castroneves	3	Guidepoint Systems Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	178.570	250	0	0	running	0	26
8	8	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	Team DHL/Circle K/Sun Drop Citrus Soda	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	179.305	250	0	0	running	0	24
9	7	James Hinchcliffe	06	Sprott Newman/Haas Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	179.385	250	0	0	running	0	22
10	2	Danica Patrick	7	Team GoDaddy	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	180.210	250	0	0	running	0	20
11	14	Ed Carpenter	67	Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fisher	178.510	250	0	0	running	0	19
12	12	Justin Wilson	22	Dad's Root Beer/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	178.631	250	0	0	running	0	18
13	22	Alex Lloyd	19	Boy Scouts of America	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	177.257	250	0	0	running	0	17
14	11	Oriol Servià	2	Telemundo Newman/Haas Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	178.742	249	0	0	running	0	16
15	20	Graham Rahal	38	Service Central	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	177.509	249	0	0	running	0	15
16	15	Alex Tagliani	77	Bowers & Wilkins/Schmidt Pelfrey Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	178.426	249	0	0	running	0	14
17	19	E.J. Viso	59	PDVSA - KV Racing Technology - Lotus	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	177.680	239	0	0	handling	0	13
18	16	Vitor Meira	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	178.365	227	0	0	mechanical	0	12
19	1	Takuma Sato	5	KV Racing Technology - Lotus	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	180.375	182	1	7	contact	0	13
20	25	Sebastian Saavedra	34	Conquest Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	no speed	114	0	0	contact	0	12
21	5	Will Power	12	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	179.474	89	0	0	contact	0	12
22	21	Charlie Kimball	83	Levemir and NovoLog FlexPen	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	177.280	62	0	0	mechanical	0	12
23	18	Ana Beatriz	24	Team Ipiranga/DRR	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	177.821	44	0	0	contact	0	12
24	9	Mike Conway	27	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	179.185	44	0	0	contact	0	12
25	24	James Jakes	18	Acorn Stairlifts	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	173.365	22	0	0	contact	0	10
26	26	Simona de Silvestro	78	Nuclear Clean Air Energy HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	no speed	0	0	0	did not start	0	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dario Franchitti	303	9	1	3	7	8
2	Will Power	283	9	4	3	6	7
3	Scott Dixon	230	9	0	0	5	6
4	Oriol Servià	216	9	0	0	3	6
5	Tony Kanaan	211	9	0	0	4	6
6	Ryan Briscoe	193	9	0	0	3	5
7	Graham Rahal	191	9	0	0	3	4
8	Marco Andretti	184	9	0	1	2	4
9	J.R. Hildebrand	169	9	0	0	2	3
10	Alex Tagliani	161	9	2	0	2	3
11	Danica Patrick	161	9	0	0	1	5
12	Hélio Castroneves	159	9	0	0	1	5
13	Takuma Sato	155	9	1	0	2	4
14	Mike Conway	144	8	0	1	1	2
15	James Hinchcliffe	142	8	0	0	1	4
16	Vitor Meira	141	9	0	0	0	3
17	Justin Wilson	138	9	0	0	0	3
18	Simona de Silvestro	117	9	0	0	1	2
19	Charlie Kimball	117	9	0	0	0	1
20	Ryan Hunter-Reay	115	9	0	0	0	2
21	E.J. Viso	113	9	0	0	0	2
22	Sebastian Saavedra	96	8	0	0	0	0
23	Ana Beatriz	92	8	0	0	0	0
24	James Jakes	90	8	0	0	0	0
25	Ed Carpenter	72	5	0	0	0	0